Folding umbrella.



No. 888,468. V JATE ED MAY 26, 1908.

J. GASALE. y

' POLDINGUMBRBLLA.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. 1907.

an STATE PATENT, OFFICE.-

I JOSEPH CASALE, OF'NEW YORK, N, Y., ASSIGNORTO QASALE PocKE-T UMBRELLACOMPANYL OF NEW YORK, .N. YL, A CORPORATION OF'NEW YORK.

I FOLDING ELLA.

m. ssaaes.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

. Patented M51126, 1908.

Application filed. June 11, 1907. Serial N6. 378,336.

To all whom 'it may cnccrn."

Be it known that I, Josarn CASALE, of the city, county, and State of New ,York, have foldingumbrellas, and moreparticularly to tended an made as substantial as the ordi-.

connected together asfollows.

the stick portion. I

, The object of my invention is to reduce a sim le structure which can befo ded' into smal com ass, or which can be quickly 'exnary umbrella.

The parts which I have shown, as stated, relate more particularly to the stick, and this plicatidn for Letters Patent filed May 20t 1907, No. 374,555.

With these ends in view my invention consists hf certain features of construction and combinations of parts which. will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding arts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side'e evation, partly in section, of the umbrella stick forming my invention, showing it in connection w th the ribs and braces. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail longitudinal section of the handle portion of the umbrella and its connection with the stick proper. Fig. 3 is a view partly inlongitudmal section of the folded umbrella, and

Fig. 4 is'an enlarged detail sectional view of one of the stick joints.

The umbrella stick is made up of the tubu lar sections 10, 11 and 12, and there may be any desired number of these, but for ordinary purposesthree are sufficient. The

one'section is a plug 13'which has a screw threaded ortion '14 extending from the end of the sai section and the reduced part 15,

to fasten to a resilient spring '16 which is coiled in theadjacent section and secured to the reduced end 15 of the second plug 13.

When one section meets the other, as shown in Fig. 4, it screws to the part 14, and when catc s eeve will not arts are Att eend of.

the sections are taken apart and tipped over parallel with each other as in Fig. 3, the action of the sprin is first to serve as a connector and hold t e parts together, and next its tension serves 'to bring the ends into proper relation as the stick is straightened T out. The lower section =10 of the umbrella stick is slotted in op o'site sides as shown at i ing 20, terminating in an e aigedpartor socket 21 which has an internal flange 22 24, which is. ivoted as at 26 in the I adapgtaed to receive the slotted end 23' of the' mem er 10 and is li e an ordinary umbrella catch. The part 23 projects through thewall of the art 10, as shown in the drawings, so that w en the part or member 10 is pushed into the handle, the catch will engage the flange 22,'and lock the part together, while the cross'pins 18 will prevent the stick from turning in the handle.

To rovide for releasing the handle, thelatter as a sliding sleeve 26 which has also an outer wall 27, and has its inner end flanged as shown at 28, to engage a corres onding flange on the art 21, sothat the ull ofi iilie handle, but it is normally presse out by a spring 29 which is coiled between the two'walls 2 6 and 27 The top end of the handle is provided with a thimble 30, which gives a finish to the parts, and rests upon the upgpr end of the sleeve 26, and when the hen e is to be released, this thimble 30 is pressed downward, 'thus forcing down the sleeve 26, and the latter engages and pushes in on the end 23 of the catch 24, thus releasing-the catch and permittin the handle to be ulled oil.

he stick is provided with a runner 31,

substantially like that shown in my former application above referred to, but there are a few slight diflerences which will be noted. The runner has an outer sleeve or part 32,

which is enlarged, and incloses a corresponding inner part or member 33, both of these parts having their upper ends tapered as shown in Fig.- 2. The inner member 33 has a flange 34, which is adapted to engage the in aclos'e'd position. .The runner carries acatch 35 which projects through the Wall of the member 10, and thus the umbrella is held flanged or cup like device 3 6, as shown in the .former application, to receive the ends of the umbrella ribs, and these are held between the saidlpart 36' and the disk37 which is secured to the sleeve 33, which 'forms a part of the runner, and slides, on the umbrella stick.

' havin This her is pulled. down,

part 33 is provided with an .outer sleeve 38, which has a cylindrical part 89,

a'Tib iO' to engage the cat'ch41 (see 1 which is held in the member 12, and this holds the umbrella in open position The sleeve 38. is also ivotcd to the braces 42, and these connect with the ribs 43, which in turnare pivoted to the crown piece 44, and

the latter is fast on the sleeve which slides .on themember 12, its movement bein lim- .ited by the pin 47 which slides injthe s 0t 46 ulp also onthesleeve 38,'s;o as to'prevent the. s e

eve '33 from releasing the catch 41. When the umbrella is to be folded, therunthe ribs are telescoped an'd folded-inward, the several sections 10, 1 1

and 12 are unscrewed and pulled apart so as,

to fold one upon the other as in Fig. 3, and

the handle is removed as already described.

The-handle can then be laced alongside of the stick members, and the whole inclosed in a small case or placed in the pocket. The

umbrella can be fitted with any usual form of cover, either cloth or rubber.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I 1. In an umbrella, the combination with the stick and handle, of a member within the handle a catch within the stick to engage the member within the handle, and a siding sleeve on the stick extending within the.

handle to enga e and release the catch.-

2. In an um rella, the combination with I the stick and handle, of a hired member withm the handle, a catch pivoted within the stick engaging the member within the handle, and a s ring pressed sliding sleeve on the stick,

sai sleeve being so arranged that by move-' Ime nt inone direction it pushes in the catch and releases it.

'3. In an umbrella, the combination with the handle and the stick, said handle havin a recess, a fixed member within the recess 0 essence the handle, a catch carried by the stick td engage the fixed member, a sleeve on the stick to engage and release the catch, means for imparting movement to the sleeve inane di rection.

4. In an umbrella, the combination with the handle and the stick, said handle having a recess, a fixed member within the recess of the handle, a catch carried by the stick to engage the fixed member, a sleeve on the stick to engage and release the catch, means for imparting movement to the sleeve in one direction, andmeans for limiting the'moveQ ment imparted. to the sleeve,

- 5. In an umbrella, the combination. with the handle and stick, a tiered inembcrwithin the handle, a catch carried by the'stick engaging the fixed member, a thimblemcvable on the stickand loosely engaging the handle,

and means operated by a movement of the thimble for engaging and releasing the catch from the fixed meinben 6. In an umbrella, -.tnc combination of a handle-having a socket in one end, a bushii'ig within the socket having interior flange, a sitck' insertible within. the bushing a catchcarried by the stick engaging the jila ige'ol the bushing and means movable on the stick extending within the handle ior releasing' the catch. I 7. In an umbrella, the cornbmaticn of a handle having a socket, cross inswithin the socket, a flange within the soc set, a stick 311-- sertible within the socket, said stick being provided with slots to embrace the cross pins, a catch carried. by the sticl; to engage the flange, and slidable meanscarried by the stick extending within the socket to engage the catch and release it from the flange.

ice I '8. Incombination, a handle having a socket, a'bushing'within the socket, a flange within the bushin a stick insertible in the bushing a catch carried'by the'stick enga iin the flange of the bushing, a double wi led the bushing to en age and release the catch from the flan can a s rin within the double sleeve movable on the stick andla portion of walls of the s eeve for holding the sleeve nor mally't'ree of the catch.

' 9. In an umbrella, a stick formed of a plurality of sections, each oisaid sections havmg a plug in one end projecting therebeyond, a portion of-said plug being threaded, a plug immovably secured within "the next succeed mg section a coiled spring engamng the ex terior portion of the plug and extending within the nextsucceeding section and se- I cured to the plug therein, the adjacent end of the succeedin section being threaded to engage the threa ed portion of the plug.

10. An umbrella comprising a stick hav ing folding sectionselastically connected to? gether, means for fastening the sections together, end to end, a crown slidable on the posite side of the runner for holding the inntopmost section of the stick; means for conbrella closed.

trolling the movement of the crown ribs pivoted to the crown, a, runner sliding on the OSEPH stick, braces pivoted to the runner and to the Witnesses: V

ribs, means on one side of the runner for hold- W. B. HUTCHINSON,

ing the umbrella open, and means on the op- H. A. WILSON. 

